Questions from those who are just starting or considering getting into the ant keeping hobby. If you’re intimidated or confused by the in-depth posts of the other sections of this forum, feel free to post here, and we'll start from square one!

Does anyone have tips for finding queens during nuptial flight, I've tried all summer and found only 1 camponotus queen! It seems like the only way to is just random wandering, is there any other method to finding them?

If you find a small pile of loose dirt you can dig it up about 4 to 6 inches deep. You can also find them at night where theres lights on all night mostly you will mostly find tetramorium queens and males tetramorium is one of my favorite species they are fast growing

I just found 10 queens today. The area I had caught them in had been warmer than usual this week. It was also really humid and windy. I guess those were the perfect conditions. There doesn't have to be rain, I think it just has to be humid.